The Role of Primary Education in Economic Development: A Case Study of District Multan-Pakistan

The objective of study is to analyze negligence in education at primary level. This study explores the impact of backwardness in primary education. The study is designed to investigate the issues of basic education by visiting different primary schools (public and private) in Multan city. The main problems of primary education are low enrollment, low quality of education, deficiency of schools, schools at long distance, no parents' motivation to their children about education, no transport facilities, low level of the income of the households, language problems, curriculum differences, class differences, shortage of teachers, high drop-out ratio etc. We used primary data which was analyzed through SPSS. We have concluded that mismanagement, low budgetary allocation, wrong policies, shortage of teachers and schools, lack of awareness, poverty etc. are major causes of the low enrolment and high drop-out ratio in primary education.